[Bug 2039326] Re: help output displays variable name, rather than its value

[GeekSmith]

This line was added in bzr revision #805, from what I can tell. I don't
see $distro defined anywhere in the file. Maybe it used to be defined in
an imported file, or maybe this is just broken. This change was made in
2008 and python has changed a bit since then.

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Title:
  help output displays variable name, rather than its value

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Note '$distro-proposed' in the description of the '-p, --proposed'
  option.

  ~/ do-release-upgrade --help             
  Usage: do-release-upgrade [options]

  Options:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -V, --version         Show version and exit
    -d, --devel-release   If using the latest supported release, upgrade to the
                          development release
    --data-dir=DATA_DIR   Directory that contains the data files
    -p, --proposed        Try upgrading to the latest release using the upgrader
                          from $distro-proposed
    -m MODE, --mode=MODE  Run in a special upgrade mode. Currently 'desktop' for
                          regular upgrades of a desktop system and 'server' for
                          server systems are supported.
    -f FRONTEND, --frontend=FRONTEND
                          Run the specified frontend
    -c, --check-dist-upgrade-only
                          Check only if a new distribution release is available
                          and report the result via the exit code
    --allow-third-party   Try the upgrade with third party mirrors and
                          repositories enabled instead of commenting them out.
    -q, --quiet           
    -e ENV, --env=ENV     A comma-separated list of environment variables (e.g.
                          VAR1=VALUE1,VAR2=VALUE2) that should be set during the
                          upgrade.

  The man page correctly shows the value of '$distro':
         -p, --proposed
                Try upgrading to the latest release using the upgrader from Ubuntu-proposed

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